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Event Design & Decor
Coachella 2025: 8 Design Trends You’ll Want to Steal for Your Next Event
Coachella’s biggest visual moments weren’t just onstage. Check out these inspo-filled design trends that turned brand activations and festival spaces into can’t-miss experiences.
April 25, 2025
1. Mirrors and Reflective Elements
Event Design & Decor
See Inside This Year’s Bright Blue Public Art Fund Party
The annual spring benefit maintained its playful energy with pingpong tables and ice cream bars.
April 22, 2025
Blue hues covered everything from the menus to decorative textiles to pingpong tabletops.
Event Design & Decor
Renowned Event Designer David Stark Breaks Down His Creative Process
What inspires one of the industry’s most creative minds? The chief creative officer of David Stark Design and Production walks us through the design rules he actually follows—and the ones he ignores.
April 22, 2025
For a Kiehl’s event, Stark turned larger-than-life calendula products into striking art pieces, which were overflowing with flowers as a nod to the brand's natural ingredients.
Event Design & Decor
12 Desert-Inspired Event Ideas From This Skincare Brand's Dreamy Influencer Trip
Native whisked 15 beauty editors to an Arizona resort to test how moisturizing its new products really are.
April 4, 2025
The welcome dinner took place at a communal table flecked with decor in desert-inspired hues. The Valley handled furniture rentals, while Let’s Bash provided tabletop rentals.
Florals
See Inside New York Botanical Garden’s 2025 Orchid Dinner—Celebrating Mexican Modernism
The Plaza’s Grand Ballroom was in full bloom for the event, which supports global plant research, conservation, and education.
March 28, 2025
Inside the New York Botanical Garden’s 2025 Orchid Dinner
Beverages
Beats Without the Buzz: Why Athletic Brewing Teamed Up with Live Nation
The nonalcoholic craft beer manufacturer partnered with the venue operator to offer more options for thirsty music fans.
March 20, 2025
Athletic Brewing Company is working with more than 50 distributors in over 30 states to ensure that the brews are available at the concert venues.
Event Design & Decor
See Inside HBO's Stunning 'The White Lotus' Premiere Event
HBO and UNBOXED GROUP transformed a Hollywood soundstage into a lush Thai resort for the HBO series' highly anticipated season three premiere.
March 18, 2025
'The umbrella ceiling was a visual highlight and one of our favorite design elements,' said UNBOXED GROUP's Kyle Absolom. 'It featured over 600 white umbrellas, backlit to create a soft glow in that area.'
Event Design & Decor
10 Glam Stations That Stole the Spotlight at Events
Instead of a free water bottle or notebook, these activations send guests home with a glow-up.
March 17, 2025
It's no secret that glam stations are prevalent at music festivals. At Coachella 2024, Pinterest activated with a fashion and beauty experience called Manifest Station, produced by MKG. Inside, fans could get glowy beauty looks created by celebrity makeup artists from trend-inspired menus built through collaborative boards on Pinterest. Popular options included bold, colorful graphic liners; gemstones; pearls; and metallic stickers. See more: Coachella 2024: Here's What You Missed From This Year's Coolest Parties and Brand Activations
Florals
11 Futuristic Floral Designs From the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show
The nation’s largest horticultural event returned with the theme "Gardens of Tomorrow."
March 13, 2025
Robertson’s Flowers & Events scored the second-highest amount of points in the Floral category with its exhibit, 'Tending Our Roots.' The design takes inspiration from the proverb, 'One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.” The 'tree of life' figure in the center is drawn from a real-world park in Singapore focused on sustainability and is meant to symbolize the efforts of the current generation in planting seeds for a future filled with environmental benefits. Beneath the canopy is a cityscape 'where our roots connect us through a common weave under the promise of a shared sunrise,' the Robertson's team shared on social media.
Event Design & Decor
Oscars 2025: Steal-Worthy Event Design Highlights From Hollywood's Biggest Week
Luxe neutral tones and structural elements reigned supreme in this year's event design, popping up at star-studded bashes from Vanity Fair, Universal, Searchlight, ESSENCE, and more.
March 7, 2025
Governors Ball
Gifts & Swag
What's Working Now in Event Swag?
We asked some top event professionals to share their do's and don'ts when it comes to event gifting.
March 5, 2025
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Event Design & Decor
17 Stunning (and Unique) Ways Events Have Immersed Guests in Nature
These innovative event designs used natural settings and elements to transport guests to breathtakingly beautiful environments—both indoors and out.
February 17, 2025
Guests at the viewing party enjoyed a seated meal under a canopy of lush leaves. Avenge Creative worked with vendors including Unmatched Lighting, Jackson Shrub Supply, Event Carpet Pros Inc., GifCube, Town & Country Event Rentals, and Stitch. See more: Golden Globes 2025: See Inside the Award Show, Plus How the Wildfires Are Affecting Other Hollywood Events
Event Design & Decor
Chill Out: These Ski Resort-Inspired Events and Activations Are Snow Much Fun
‘Tis the season for winter gatherings filled with cozy decor and activities that transport attendees to the mountain slopes.
February 5, 2025
Casamigos returned as the exclusive tequila partner with its giant ice luge and ski lodge-inspired activation.
Brands & Event Pros
Industry Innovators 2025: 10 F&B Professionals Who Are Rewriting the Rules of Event Catering
These catering and F&B professionals are changing the game through forward-thinking sustainability efforts, stunning presentations, clever business practices, and much more.
January 27, 2025
2025 Industry Innovators Article Image Catering
Event Design & Decor
How This Lavish 50th Anniversary Event Impressed a Seen-It-All Crowd of Philanthropists
The Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ milestone fundraiser raised a record-breaking $19.2 million through glamorous decor, creative catering, and a 90-minute medley from the one and only Elton John.
January 24, 2025
The glamorous gathering took place on Dec. 6, featuring design, production, and fabrication by AKJOHNSTON Group. The event, the performing arts center's signature fundraiser, honored all the former chairs from the past 50 years.
Food Trends
10 Food and Beverage Trends to Keep Top of Mind at Events in 2025
Event planners expect elevated mocktails, embedded sustainability, and family-style catering to take off this year.
January 20, 2025
Out: meat carving stations. In: vegetable carving stations.
Event Design & Decor
Golden Globes 2025: See Inside the Award Show, Plus How the Wildfires Are Affecting Other Hollywood Events
Just two days before deadly wildfires broke out in Los Angeles, the entertainment industry gathered for the 82nd Golden Globes. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at some of the weekend's biggest events.
January 14, 2025
Universal's Post-Show Party
Beverages
The Sober Shift: How to Create Inclusive Event Spaces for Guests Who Don't Drink
In her new book, The Inclusive Event Planner, author and advocate Laura Nelson shares ways to create engaging and inclusive environments that extend beyond the bar.
January 8, 2025
Nelson encourages planners to be mindful of what everyone else is drinking, so guests choosing nonalcoholic options don't feel deprived or like they have a target on their backs. One company that does this well? The Tempo by Hilton hotel brand; properties feature a menu of handcrafted “Spirited” and “Free-Spirited” cocktails. The “Free-Spirited” selections mirror the “Spirited” cocktails in every way—presentation, flavor profile, mouthfeel, and sophistication—but are made without alcohol.
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